In the Banda Gazetteer’s page 108 of 1909, there is a mention of being a pargana for administrative arrangement in village Khandeh. In 1878, the area of Khandeh was handed over to the British government by Nana Govind Rao. This part was included in Mahoba pargana. The mention of this village from ancient history is found not only from the British era, but also in the era of the Mughal Sultanate before that and even before the Aryans, there is a knowledge of the stability of this village and the non-inhabited Revenue Lillej Akona associated with it.
This temple is famous in the entire Bundelkhand region for its unique workmanship. Padmam Dubey, the chief server of the temple, told that the carvings and idols of deities have been carved in a wonderful way throughout the temple. The stone for the construction of the temple was also brought here by bullock carts from the mountains of village Khoh in Chitrakoot district, whose signs are still visible in the village. Regional Archaeological Officer Dr. SK Dubey told that this temple is very ancient which is built on granite stone. But no plan for its conservation has been made by his department.
The old temple of Ram Darbar is built in one acre area
Padma Dubey alias Lalu, the chief server of Ramjanaki temple, told that the temple of Ram Darbar, hundreds of years old, is built in an area of about one acre in the village. The construction of the whole temple by mixing different stones is set in such a way that no one can know the totality of the stones. At a glance, the whole temple appears to be made of a single stone. Ram Darbar Mandir was built by the then Zamindar Chandidin Dubey. In this, valuable idols of Ashtadhatu of Rama, Lakshmana and Sita are seated. The idol of Dakshin Mukhi Hanuman ji is also seated here. Rakesh Kumar Bajpai, the priest of Ramjanaki temple, is a family member of Bhishmadev Dubey who has been taking care of the temple here for years.
The entire Mahabharata and Krishna Leela are depicted in the temple.
The priest of the temple, Rakesh Kumar Bajpai, told that apart from the entire Mahabharata and Krishna Leela, episodes of Ramkatha are depicted on the granite stone of the temple. The intricate carvings and grandeur are unmatched in terms of crafts and art done on marble and granite stones. Told that after the death of Chandidin Dubey in the year 1902, the Ramjanaki temple had become deserted. Some people of the village ransacked it and damaged it. Chandidin Dubey’s grandson Sukhdev Sahai had done the remaining construction work of the temple with old semi-prepared stones. After the death of Sukhdev, the Bajpai family, who were part of the Dubey family, had invited artisans from Karnataka, Rajasthan to get the temple carved in the temple.
Yogi government gave 50 lakh rupees for the grandeur of the temple
Padmam Dubey alias Lalu Dubey, the server of the temple, told that CM Yogi Adityanath had released an amount of 50 lakh rupees to shine the temple under the tourism promotion scheme, in which all other works including the platform outside the temple have been done. Doors and plaster and other constructions have been done for the temple. Told that earlier an action plan of more than Rs.1.25 crore was sent to the government for the temple but its approval was not received. Later the works have been done only outside the temple. The entire Ramkatha, Mahabharata and Shri Krishna Leela are depicted in this ancient temple, but no construction work could be done inside the temple.
Source: navbharattimes.indiatimes.com
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